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Sprzedam Jacht, Kupię Jacht, Sprzedaż Jachtów, Kupno Jachtów

Jacht - jednostka pływająca o napędzie żaglowym lub motorowym służąca do rekreacji, turystyki, uprawiania sportu, do celów szkoleniowych lub reprezentacyjnych.

Jachty żaglowe posiadają często pomocniczy napęd motorowy; analogicznej sytuacji na jachtach motorowych nie spotyka się, natomiast jednostki o napędzie głównym równorzędnym żaglowo-silnikowym nazywa się motosailerami. Są to zwykłe jachty turystyczne.

Jachtami nie nazywa się analogicznych jednostek służących wyraźnym i określonym celom użytkowym, jak różnego rodzaju zastosowania gospodarcze oraz transportowe, patrolowe, ratownicze, militarne itp.

Małe jachty żaglowe potocznie nazywane są łódkami żaglowymi, lub po prostu żaglówkami, natomiast małe jednostki motorowe (a w tym wszystkie nie posiadające kabiny) nazywane są motorówkami. Duże jednostki żaglowe, przeważnie z ożaglowaniem rejowym nazywane są żaglowcami, natomiast jednostki porównywalne z jachtami motorowymi, spełniające jednak określone funkcje użytkowe, to najczęściej kutry: pilotowe, patrolowe, rybackie, itd.

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Kuter z ożaglowaniem bermudzkim A - grot B - fok C - bukszpryt D - kliwer E - latacz
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Kuter z ożaglowaniem bermudzkim
A - grot
B - fok
C - bukszpryt
D - kliwer
E - latacz

Kupię Jacht, Sprzedaż Jachtów,

Kuter to jednomasztowy jacht żaglowy mający dwa albo trzy przednie żagle (sztaksle). Maszt na kutrze jest zazwyczaj usytuowany blizej środka łodzi (mniej wysunięty ku przodowi) niż w slupie, co pozwala na postawienie większej liczby sztaksli. Położenie masztu było dawniej podstawą do rozróżnienia tych dwóch typów: kuter posiadał maszt w połowie długości, lub nawet bliżej rufy, natomiast slup pomiędzy środkiem, a dziobem.

Kuter może nosić grot gaflowy, w takim przypadku możliwy jest również topsel lub bermudzki. Nazywany jest wtedy odpowiednio kutrem gaflowym, lub kutrem bermudzkim.

Kupno Jachtów

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Eine Yacht bzw. Jacht, (aus gleichbed. niederl. jacht, dies verkürzt aus mittelniederdeutsch jachtschip: Jagdschiff, "schnelles Schiff") ist (heute) ein Wasserfahrzeug für Freizeitzwecke mit einer Kajüte. Es gibt sowohl Motoryachten als auch Segelyachten.
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* 1 Begriff
* 2 Geschichte
* 3 Yachten
* 4 Besondere Vereine und Clubs
* 5 Literatur
* 6 Zeitschriften und Magazine
* 7 Siehe auch
* 8 Weblinks

Begriff [Bearbeiten]

Erst ab einer gewissen Länge des Fahrzeugs wird im allgemeinen von einer Yacht gesprochen. Unter etwa sieben Meter Länge spricht man eher von einem Boot, darüber eher von einer Yacht. Eine typische Yacht ist um 10 bis 15 Meter lang und mit mehreren Kabinen ausgestattet. Motor- und Segelyachten ab 50 bis 60 m Länge werden als Mega-Yachten bezeichnet, nicht nur aufgrund der Größe, sondern auch, weil sie einen vergleichsweise großen Komfort bieten können. Diese Yachten werden in aller Regel nicht vom Eigner gesteuert, sondern von einer professionellen, angestellten Besatzung.

Übliche Baumaterialien für Yachten sind Kunststoffe (meist glasfaserverstärkte Kunststoffe (GFK)), Holz, Stahl, Aluminium und selten Beton (Ferrozement).

Bauart, Einrichtung, Motorisierung und Ausrüstung einer Yacht richten sich sehr nach dem bevorzugten Revier und der Stärke der Nutzung.

Als Alternative zur eigenen Yacht wird die Charter von Yachten zunehmend beliebt, weil damit (subjektive) Nachteile einer eigenen Yacht vermieden werden (Pflegeaufwand, Anschaffungs- und laufende Kosten, Distanz zum Liegeplatz, Klima- und Revierabhängigkeit).

Geschichte [Bearbeiten]

Erste Yachten wurden im 17. Jhd. in den Niederlanden gebaut und zwischen den Königshäusern als Geschenke ausgetauscht. Optisch glichen sie den heute noch üblichen holländischen Plattbodenschiffen. Bis zu diesem Zeitpunkt war das Meer dem Handel, der Fischerei und der Kriegführung vorbehalten. Seefahrt zum Vergnügen existierte bis dahin noch nicht.

Yachten [Bearbeiten]

* Germania, Erste Krupp-Yacht von 1908
* Alinghi, Schweizer Yacht, 2003 Sieger des America's Cup
* Emily, 8mR-Yacht, Build 1924 for the Olympic Games by William Five III

Besondere Vereine und Clubs [Bearbeiten]

* BYC.de - Bremer Yacht Club
* FKY.org - Freundeskreis Klassische Yachten
* KYC.de - Kieler Yacht-Club
* PYC.de - Potsdamer Yacht Club
* KDY.dk - Königlich Dänischer Yachtclub
* KSSS.se - Königlich Schwedische Segelgesellschaft
* YCA.at - Yacht Club Austria
* ASV Berlin - Akademischer Segler Verein
* AASC - Österrechischer Akademischer Segel-Verein
* [http://www.WHK-Bremen.de WHK - Wassersportverein Hanse Kogge

Literatur [Bearbeiten]

* Seemannschaft, Delius Klasing Verlag, Bielefeld. ISBN 3768805239

Zeitschriften und Magazine [Bearbeiten]

* boot.de - Online-Magazin für Yacht- und Wassersport; boot Düsseldorf boot.de
* palstek - Technisches Wassersport-Journal; Palstek Verlag Hamburg. ISSN 0936-5877 palstek-Homepage
* Skipper, Freizeit+Wassersport Verlag, Miesbach. ISSN 0721-4472. Skipper-Homepage
* Yachtrevue, Hrsg: Österreichischer Segelverband, Neusiedl. Yachtrevue-Homepage
* Yacht, Delius Klasing Verlag, Bielefeld. ISSN 0043-9932. Yacht-Homepage
* Boote Exklusiv. Webpräsenz des Magazins
* Meer und Yachten
* Boat International (Englisch) Webpräsenz des Mag.
* Power and Motoryacht Magazine (Englisch) Webpr. d. Mag.

Siehe auch [Bearbeiten]

* Einzelne Yachten: Kategorie:Yacht
* Yacht Club: Yacht Club

Weblinks [Bearbeiten]

* Yachtseite im Onlinemagazin boot.de der Messe boot Düsseldorf; viele Infos rund um Segeln und Wassersport
* Interessante Segelseite einer Bremer Jugend Crew mit viel Bildern
* http://www.yachtsportarchiv.de Datenbank
* Yachtseite.de: Yacht-Archiv für ältere trailerbare Segelboote

Wiktionary: Yacht - Wortherkunft, Synonyme und Übersetzungen

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Mega-Yacht
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Super-Yacht Mi Gaea auf Reede vor Fünen/Dänemark
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Super-Yacht Mi Gaea auf Reede vor Fünen/Dänemark

Eine Mega-Yacht ist eine besonders groß dimensionierte hochseetaugliche Yacht.

Da diese Schiffe exklusiv und luxuriös ausgestattet und somit entsprechend kostspielig sind, dienen sie "Superreichen" zu Repräsentations- und Vergnügungszwecken. Als Preis gilt die Daumenregel "mindestens 1 Million Dollar pro Meter".

In den letzten Jahren hat sich der Begriff Mega-Yacht für Yachten mit einer Länge von mehr als 60 Metern etabliert. Die Schiffsgröße zwischen den "normalen" Yachten (Länge bis 23 Meter)[1] und den Mega-Yachten nennt man Super-Yachten. Besonders große Mega-Yachten mit einer LüA über 150 Metern werden Super-Mega-Yachten genannt. Diese sind für bis zu 100 Passagiere konzipiert, und es werden damit exklusive Kreuzfahrten ausgerichtet.

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Viele Mega-Yachten sind u.a. mit Schwimmbecken, Whirlpool, Sauna, Sonnendeck, Helipad, Beiboot, Jet-Skis sowie modernster Technik ausgestattet, während andere Yachten neben luxuriöser Ausstattung konsequent auf das Erreichen hoher Geschwindigkeit ausgerichtet sind und daher meistens auf die oben genannten Ausstattungsmerkmale verzichten.
Privatyacht U.S.S. WILLIAMSBURG von US-Präsident Truman (1951)
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Privatyacht U.S.S. WILLIAMSBURG von US-Präsident Truman (1951)

Ein Beispiel für solch eine Hochgeschwindigkeitsyacht ist die Gentry Eagle, 34,1 m lang, mit einer Gesamtleistung von ca. 11.500 PS, wodurch die Yacht eine Höchstgeschwindigkeit von 117 km/h erreicht und damit in der Lage war, den Atlantik in 62 Std. und 7 Min. zu überqueren.

Mega-Yachten werden von professionellen Kapitänen und Offizieren gesteuert. Standardmäßig ist auch uniformiertes Servicepersonal (Stewards) an Bord.

Hersteller sind Werften wie Lürssen, ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (ehemals HDW bzw. Blohm & Voss), Abeking & Rasmussen oder Benetti.

Bekannte Messen für Mega- und Super-Yachten sind z.B. die Monaco Yacht Show und die Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show.

Yacht
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A modern yacht
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A modern yacht

A yacht (From Dutch Jacht meaning "hunt") was originally defined as a light, fast sailing vessel used to convey important persons.

In later parlance, the definition came to cover a wider range of vessels, propelled by sail, power or both and used for pleasure cruising and/or yacht racing. Often, non-sailing yachts are also referred to as motor yachts, to differentiate them from yachts designed for use with sail power.
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* 1 History of yacht
* 2 Modern use of yacht
* 3 Sailing yachts
* 4 Classification of sailing yachts
o 4.1 Day Sailing yachts
o 4.2 Weekender yachts
o 4.3 Cruiser yachts
o 4.4 Racing yachts
* 5 Propulsion
* 6 Modern sailing yachts
* 7 History
* 8 References
* 9 External links
* 10 See also

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History of yacht
A yacht, a man-o'war and other shipping, by Johannes Christiaan Schotel
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A yacht, a man-o'war and other shipping, by Johannes Christiaan Schotel

When Charles II was invited by Parliament to return as regent to Britain, he reasoned that the people of Britain wanted the best spectacle that he could manage. For the voyage across the channel from the Protestant Netherlands he chose a sleek, fine-looking Dutch jachtschip, or "pursuit ship", which served the purpose admirably. Restoration day was a great success. Charles kept the jacht, or yacht, which was the first of its kind, and with it established the sport of yachting, one of his many firsts, and the Royal Family has had an official yacht ever since. Charles loved boating and advanced it considerably, to Britain's great advantage, as is shown by the evacuation from Dunkirk in early World War II. The yacht had many imitators.
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Modern use of yacht

In modern use, the term yacht applies to two rather different classes of vessels, sailing yachts and power yachts. Traditionally yachts were differentiated from working ships mainly by purpose - yachts were swift and comfortable conveyances of the wealthy and powerful. It was not until the ascendancy of the steamboat and other types of powerboat that sailing vessels as a class became seen as luxury items. Modern use of the term yacht applies to nearly all sailing vessels, other than sailing dinghies, that are used for yacht racing or for pleasure cruising.

Motor yachts, on the other hand, still retain more of the original sense of power and luxury. Much larger and generally far more expensive than the average sailing yacht, the motor yacht contains sufficient living space for at least several days at sea. Overall length generally starts at over 30 feet (9 m) and goes up to well over a hundred feet (30 m). Luxury yachts, such as the one owned by Larry Ellison, can reach over 450 feet (135m), the size of a small cruise ship. The 412 ft (125 m) Royal Yacht Britannia (a steam yacht) has been retired from service and is now on permanent exhibit at Leith.
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Sailing yachts
CS30, a sailing yacht
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CS30, a sailing yacht

A sailing yacht can vary in overall length (Length Over All - LOA, in yachting parlance) from about 6 m (20 feet) to well over 30 m (98 ft), where the distinction between a yacht and a ship become blurred. However, most privately owned yachts fall in the range of about 7 m to 14 m (about 23-46 ft); the cost of building and keeping a yacht rises quickly as length increases. In the US sailors tend to refer to smaller yachts as sailboats, while referring to the general sport of sailing as yachting.

Monohull yachts are typically fitted with a fixed or adjustable keel below the waterline to counterbalance the overturning force of wind on the vessel's sails. By contrast, multihull yachts (a catamaran is an example of this type of vessel) use two or more hulls widely separated from each other to provide a stable base that resists overturning.

Until the 1950s almost all yachts were made of wooden boards, or in a larger yacht, steel but nowadays there is a much wider range of materials. Most common is fibreglass, but steel, aluminium and much less often because of insurance difficulties, ferrocement are used as well. Wood is still used (traditional board based methods as well as modern technologies based on plywood, veneers and epoxy-glues etc.) but wood is mostly used when building an individual boat by a hobbyist or wooden boat purist. At the other extreme, high performance yachts such as those used in the Volvo Ocean Race and the America's Cup are often constructed from carbon fibre.

Modern yachts have efficient sail-plans that allow them to sail into the wind. This capability is the result of a sail plan and hull design (typically a sloop rig) that utilizes Bernoulli's principle to generate lift.
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Classification of sailing yachts

Sailing yachts fall into four basic categories: 'Day Sailing', 'Weekender', 'Cruiser' and 'Racer'.
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Day Sailing yachts

Day Sailing yachts are small sub-6 metre (20 foot) vessels. Sometimes called dinghies, they often have a retractable keel, centerboard, or daggerboard. Day sailing yachts do not have a cabin as they are designed for hourly or daily use and not for ovenight journeys.
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Weekender yachts

Weekender yachts are small, sub-9.5 metre (30 foot) vessels. They often have twin-keels or lifting keels. This allows them to operate in shallow waters, and if needed 'dry out' - become beached as the tide falls, the hull shape (or twin-keel layout) allows the boat to sit upright when there is no water. Such boats are designed to undertake short journeys, rarely lasting more than 2 to 3 days (hence their name). Of course, in coastal areas long trips may be undertaken in a series of short hops. Weekenders usually only have a simple cabin, often consisting of a single 'saloon', with bedspace for 2-3 people, and clever use of ergonomics to allow both galley (kitchen) space, seating and space for navigation equipment. There is limited space for large stores of water/food. Weekenders tend to be slower vessels due to their small sail area, and due to their small size they can be overwhelmed by heavy seas. Most are single-mast 'Bermudan sloop' rigged vessels, with a single foresail (of the 'jib' or 'genoa') type and a single mainsail. Some are gaff rigged. The smallest of this type--generally called pocket yachts or pocket cruisers can be trailed on special trailers behind vehicles to transport them by road.
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Cruiser yachts

Cruisers are by the far the most common in private usage, making up most of the 7 m to 14 m (23 to 46 ft) range. These vessels can be quite complex in design, as designers try to find a balance between docile handling qualities, interior space, good light-wind performance and on-board comfort. The huge range of such craft, from dozens of builders worldwide make it hard to give a single illustrative description. However, most favour a teardrop-planform hull, with a wide, flat bottom and deep single-fin keel to give good stability. Most are single-mast 'Bermudan sloop' rigged vessels, with a single fore-sail (of the 'jib' or 'Genoa') type and a single mainsail. Spinnaker sails, with huge areas, are often supplied for lightwind use. These types are often chosen as family vessels, especially those in the 8 to 12 metre (32 to 40 ft) range. Such a vessel will usually have many rooms below deck. Typically there will be 3 double-berth cabins, a single large saloon (galley, seating and navigation area) and a 'head' (toilet/shower-room). The interior will be finished in wood panelling, with plenty of storage space. Cruisers are quite capable of taking on long-range passages of many thousands of miles, so have large freshwater tanks. Such boats have a cruising speed of around 10 km/h. This basic design is typical of the standard types produced by the major yacht-builders. Most large luxury yachts (15m+, 50 feet+) are also cruisers, but their design varies greatly as they are usually 'one off' designs to the specific needs of the buyer.
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Racing yachts
Inshore yacht racing in Sydney Harbour, Australia
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Inshore yacht racing in Sydney Harbour, Australia

Racing yachts try to reduce the wetted surface area (which creates drag) by keeping the hull light whilst having a deep and heavy bulb keel, allowing them to support a tall mast with a great sail area. Modern designs tend to have a very wide beam, with a flat bottom, to provide buoyancy preventing an excessive heel angle. Speeds of up to 40 mph can be obtained in good conditions. Dedicated racing yachts sacrifice crew comfort for speed, having basic accommodation to reduce weight. Depending on the type of race, such a yacht may be crewed by as many as 15 people. At the other extreme there are 'single handed' races, where one person alone must control the yacht. Yacht races may be over a simple course of only a few miles, or epic trans-global contests such as the Global Challenge and Clipper Round The World Race. Ocean racing yachts have very good sea-handling qualities, as they must be able to maintain good speeds in all but the heaviest conditions.
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Propulsion

The motive force being the wind, sailing is more economical and environmentally friendly than any other means of propulsion. Motor yachts depend upon mechanical means for propulsion, typically an internal combustion engine that burns fossil fuels. These are more expensive to operate than sailing vessels due to fuel costs and the large engines typically used. A more economical hybrid type of vessel is a motor sailing yacht that can use either sail or motor propulsion (or both) as conditions dictate.

Many 'pure' sailing yachts are also equipped with a low-power internal-combustion engine for use in conditions of calm and for when entering or leaving difficult anchorages. Vessels less than 25ft in length generally carry a petrol outboard-motor of between 10 and 40 horsepower (7 and 30 kW). Larger vessels have in-board diesel engines, of between 20 and 100 horsepower (15 and 75 kW) depending on size. In the common 7 m to 14 m (23 to 46 ft) class, engines of 20 to 40 horsepower are the most common
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Modern sailing yachts

In recent years, small/medium-sized private yachts have evolved from fairly simple vessels with basic accommodation to sophisticated and luxurious boats. This is largely due to reduced hull-building costs brought about by the introduction of fibre-glass hulls, and increased automation and 'production line' techniques to yacht building, especially in Europe. In recent years the amount of electric equipment used on yachts has increased greatly. Even 20 years ago, it was not common for a 7 m (25 ft) yacht to have electric lighting. Now all but the smallest, most basic yachts have electric lighting, radio and navigation aids such as GPS (Global Positioning System). Yachts around 10 m (33 ft) bring in comforts such as hot water, pressurised water systems, refrigerators etc. Aids such as radar, echo-sounding and autopilot are common. This means that the auxiliary engine now also performs the vital function of powering an alternator to provide electrical power and to recharge the yacht's on-board batteries. For yachts engaged on long-range cruising wind- and solar-powered generators can perform the same function. On the biggest, 30m+ (100 ft) luxury yachts, every modern convenience, from air conditioning to television systems is found. Sailing yachts of this size are often highly automated, with computer-controlled electric winches controlling the sails. Such complexity requires dedicated power-generation systems.
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History

The use of the yacht as a pleasure boat began with Charles II of Britain, as is mentioned in the introduction to this article. The origin of pleasure-boating, including royal pleasure-boating, is lost in prehistory. Many ancient monarchs are said by the sources to have had pleasure boats, some quite spectacular. Before Charles II the Jachtschip was a pursuit ship used by the Dutch to overtake pirates. Charles' preference for a vessel of this type for his return combined with his later patronage of pleasure-boating gave the sport the specific cast that we call "yachting".

Yachting for pleasure was formerly the province of the wealthy due to expense and the manpower required (because the boats were big), but today has become the pastime of many worldwide. King Charles II is mentioned as enjoying the sport in the diaries of Samuel Pepys. In Britain, the sport of yachting became widely popular in the late Victorian (1837-1901) period. Queen Victoria and her family maintained a fleet of sail- and steam-yachts at her residence on the Isle of Wight. The town of Cowes on the island is still seen by many as the world home of yachting, hosting the famous Cowes Week sailing festival in the summer. Like most other yachting festivals, this consists mainly of organised yacht racing by both dedicated racing yachts and a series of 'class' events catering for the wide variety of non-dedicated yachts.

Popular yachting spots:

* Langkawi, Malaysia
* Auckland, New Zealand
* Fremantle, Western Australia
* Cowes, Isle of Wight
* Hamble, Hampshire, England
* Tollesbury, Essex, England
* The French Riviera
* Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
* San Francisco Bay, California
* Newport Beach, California
* Newport, Rhode Island
* West Coast of Scotland
* Hong Kong
* Rio de la Plata, Argentina
* Toronto Islands, Ontario
* Chesapeake Bay, Maryland

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References

* Origin of the yacht

* Fraser, Antonia,"Royal Charles". A number of editions exist.
* Partridge, Eric, "Origins, A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English", Greenwich House, 1983, ISBN 0-517-414252

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External links

* OceanMC - Yachts and Yachting News, Articles and Technology
* Comprehensive List of Yacht Types Info and for Charter
* MachineSpotter
* Yacht Editorials

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Yachting Jacht
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Yachting is a physical activity involving boats. It may be racing sailing boats, cruising to distant shores, or day-sailing along a coast.
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Racing - yachting as a sport

Main article: Yacht racing

Whilst sailing's invention is prehistoric, racing sailing boats is believed to have started in the Netherlands some time in the 17th century, whence it soon made its way to England where custom-built racing "yachts" began to emerge. In 1851, a challenge to an American yacht racing club in New York led to the beginning of the America's Cup, a regatta won by the New York Yacht Club until 1983, when they finally lost to Australia II. Meanwhile, yacht racing continued to evolve, with the development of recognised classes of racing yachts, from small dinghies up to huge maxi yachts.

These days, yacht racing and dinghy racing are common participant sports around the developed world, particularly where favourable wind conditions and access to reasonably sized bodies of water are available. Most yachting is conducted in salt water, but smaller craft can be - and are - raced on lakes and even large rivers.

Whilst there are many different types of racing vessels, they can generally be separated into the larger yachts, which are larger and contain facilities for extended voyages, and smaller harbour racing craft such as dinghies and skiffs.

Dinghy races are conducted on sheltered water on smaller craft, usually designed for crews of between one and three people. They are almost all equipped with one mast. Some have only one triangular sail, but most have two configured as a sloop, and usually carry a spinnaker, a large, bulging sail designed for sailing "with the wind". Most races are conducted between vessels of identical design ("one design" racing). In these races, with identical equipment the sailors best able to make use of the ambient conditions win.

Dinghy designs vary from small, stable, and slow craft for novice sailors to lightweight, high-speed designs that are very difficult for even experienced crews to sail safely and effectively. Australia's 18-foot skiff class are the fastest monohull dinghies, reaching speeds of up to 40 kilometres per hour even in relatively light winds. Sailing has a reputation for being a boring spectator sport, but skiff racing can be very exciting, particularly in unpredictable conditions where crews struggle to keep their boats upright. Various multi-hull racing classes are even faster.

Various one-design dinghy classes are raced at the Summer Olympic Games.

Larger yachts are also raced on harbours, but the most prestigious yacht races are point-to-point long distance races on the open ocean. Bad weather makes such races a considerable test of equipment and willpower just to finish, and from time to time boats and sailors are lost at sea. The longest such events are "round-the-world" races which can take months to complete, but better-known are events such as the "Fastnet race" in the United Kingdom and the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race along the east coast of Australia. As well as a first-past-the-post trophy (called "line honours"), boats may race under a handicap system that adjusts finishing times for the relative speeds of the boats' design, theoretically offering each entrant an equal chance.
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Cruising - yachting as a lifestyle Jacht

Cruising involves traveling on a boat. It could be a trip to the other side of the bay or across the oceans to the islands of the South Pacific. Safe cruising across long distances requires a degree of self sufficiency and a wide range of skills beyond handling the boat. Knowledge of navigation, meteorology, mechanical and electrical systems, radio, first aid, sea survival, nutrition and more are needed and can be life saving when cruising to distant shores. In the UK a system of certification is run by the Royal Yachting Association which includes a range of courses, both theoretical and practical, covering these areas.
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